Scriptapalooza Names Semifinalists

Semifinalists have been announced for the 2026 Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition.

1% by Ali Mackenzie
8 Seconds to Die by Joshua T Brannon
25 Cases of Canadian Club by David Bernal
A Gefilte Fish Out of Water by G. L. Sherman
A Hell of Heaven by Kevin Hoyer
A Touch of Magic by Gary Edward Nei
Adaeze's Last Son by Aaron Yarber
All Shook Up by Ray Karp
American Bubble by Johnny Sanchez & Khalil Kain
Artificial Influencer by Paul Silverman
Babushka by Christopher A. Pouy
Barren by Michael Wright
Before the Dark by Scott Mlodzinski
Beings of an Inferior Order by Bob Dawson
Benita the Invincible by Terry Lynam
Beware the Lions by Peter Grendle
Beyond a Shadow by Matthew Hall
Black Suburbia by Casner Parfait
Blackbeard by Sammer Abu Alragheb
Bloody Kansas by James Kanady
Bond Girl by Drusilla Lawton
Borrowed Life by Adrienne Toghraie
Breed the Best, Kill the Rest by Graeme Oxendale
Burning Water by Loren Davis
Campus Countdown by Michael Manias
Case 1638: Recall by Liana Sive
Chivalry by George Alexanian
City of Dis by Scott Wagner
Clara for Christmas by Jane Kouloumoundras
Closing Costs by Michael Czar & CD Mathera
Copper Country by Frank Laurich
Courier by Wes Dyson
Critical Reset by Billy Reid
Darien by Farah Ysvette Mourad Vera
Dark Amazon by Stan Evans
Deaconess Dottie by Melissa Walsh
Death and Hollywood by Becky Scott & Molly Rydzel
Desperate War by Ellie Sorenson
Diamond Mountain by Brenden Wysocki
Dima by Kim Jaspers
Dry Land by Oscar Rodriguez Gorriz
Escravos by Mike Teverbaugh
Estranged by James Love
ETA: N/A by Patrick Green
Face Control by Iain MacNeil
Fame Costs by Maya Adam
Fearless: The Lost Temple by Jacob Jamieson
Felicitas by Nikolaos Katsouros
Ferris Wheel by Stuart Pollack
For Billie by James Froeschle
For Democracy by Felipe Perrotta
Foreign Agent by Priya Raman
Ghosts by Andrew Anthony
God Said What? by Miriam Racquel Feldman & Dovid Feldman
Going Nowhere Fast by Scott Carruthers
Goodnight, Sweet Love by Trad Willmann
Hands Down by Tomasz Kowalski
Hearts of Snow by Robert Knoll
Henry Morgan and the City of Gold by Kevin Callahan
Instruments of Silence by Luke Trenshaw & Benjamin Rezac
Jab by Jabari Flint
Kill Kelko by Kieran Angelini
LAced by P.S. Harrow
Making a Killing by Neil de la Pena
Nicaragua by Michael Swenson
Pirouette by Patricia Ducey
Pixie and Murray by David Ross
Prince of Straw by Nathan Allen
Project G.H.O.S.T. by Michael McDermott
Red Card Redemption by Rich Tuckman
Rusty Crawler by Ty Hosler
San Animal by DeLeon DeMicoli
Secret in the Triangle by Shelley Chester
Shadow Self by Tom Zimmerman
Shaved Ice Girl by Jack Aupperle
Shooters Roll by Mitchell Boling
Spiral by Hannah Garfield
The 49th Day by Craig Peters
The Break-In by Rick Mallett
The Cat's Meow Bar & Grill Murders by Donahue Silvis
The Dead Owe Nothing by Aaron Huggett
The Evangelist by Jave Galt-Miller
The Heckler by Steve Mitchell
The Height of Fashion by Michael Stein
The Last Run by Steve Kangas
The Little Red House by Shelby Baldwin
The Lives of the Saints by Luke Richert
The Lost Pirate by Max Bentinck
The Love Ledger by Michael Robert Taylor
The Mark of the Wolf by Giacomo Giammatteo
The Mezzotints by Alex McCarron
The Model by Kenji Nakamura
The Mule Deer by Bern Hyland
The Music Makers by Casey Nelson & Kate Murdoch
The Myth by John Callas
The Road to You by Barbara Peacock
This is How He Survives by Trisha Pritikin
Tropic Game by Marcus Delgado
Trudges by Denise Hatfield
Zoe & Joe by Sebastian Gutnik
Zoo by Andy Edge & Naz Pankey

Updated: 08/07/2026

Additional Contest Info: Scriptapalooza Features & Shorts Competition